inoffensive
/ˌɪnəfˈɛnsɪv/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.56 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
not offensive
adj
Example Sentences
- "an inoffensive joke"
- "[S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]"
- "On January 7, 1964, a group of American students at Balboa High School in the Panama Canal Zone set into motion events that soon threatened our relations with Panama and endangered operation of the Panama Canal. It was, on the surface, an inoffensive act: The students raised the American flag in front of the school."
- "an inoffensive plant"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English offensive English inoffensive From in- + offensive.
Inflected Forms
more inoffensive (comparative)
most inoffensive (superlative)